diff --git a/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp b/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp
index dd488c9c..28768077 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_assertionhandler.cpp
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 
 namespace Catch {
 
-    inline auto operator <<( std::ostream& os, ITransientExpression const& expr ) -> std::ostream& {
-        expr.streamReconstructedExpression( os );
-        return os;
+    namespace {
+        auto operator <<( std::ostream& os, ITransientExpression const& expr ) -> std::ostream& {
+            expr.streamReconstructedExpression( os );
+            return os;
+        }
     }
 
     LazyExpression::LazyExpression( bool isNegated )
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_string_manip.cpp b/include/internal/catch_string_manip.cpp
index 68f54e01..904d1013 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_string_manip.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_string_manip.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 
 namespace Catch {
 
+    namespace {
+        char toLowerCh(char c) {
+            return static_cast<char>( std::tolower( c ) );
+        }
+    }
+
     bool startsWith( std::string const& s, std::string const& prefix ) {
         return s.size() >= prefix.size() && std::equal(prefix.begin(), prefix.end(), s.begin());
     }
@@ -29,9 +35,6 @@ namespace Catch {
     bool contains( std::string const& s, std::string const& infix ) {
         return s.find( infix ) != std::string::npos;
     }
-    inline char toLowerCh(char c) {
-        return static_cast<char>( std::tolower( c ) );
-    }
     void toLowerInPlace( std::string& s ) {
         std::transform( s.begin(), s.end(), s.begin(), toLowerCh );
     }
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_test_case_info.cpp b/include/internal/catch_test_case_info.cpp
index 3fe5389e..536462d1 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_test_case_info.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_test_case_info.cpp
@@ -19,31 +19,33 @@
 
 namespace Catch {
 
-    inline TestCaseInfo::SpecialProperties parseSpecialTag( std::string const& tag ) {
-        if( startsWith( tag, '.' ) ||
-            tag == "!hide" )
-            return TestCaseInfo::IsHidden;
-        else if( tag == "!throws" )
-            return TestCaseInfo::Throws;
-        else if( tag == "!shouldfail" )
-            return TestCaseInfo::ShouldFail;
-        else if( tag == "!mayfail" )
-            return TestCaseInfo::MayFail;
-        else if( tag == "!nonportable" )
-            return TestCaseInfo::NonPortable;
-        else if( tag == "!benchmark" )
-            return static_cast<TestCaseInfo::SpecialProperties>( TestCaseInfo::Benchmark | TestCaseInfo::IsHidden );
-        else
-            return TestCaseInfo::None;
-    }
-    inline bool isReservedTag( std::string const& tag ) {
-        return parseSpecialTag( tag ) == TestCaseInfo::None && tag.size() > 0 && !std::isalnum( static_cast<unsigned char>(tag[0]) );
-    }
-    inline void enforceNotReservedTag( std::string const& tag, SourceLineInfo const& _lineInfo ) {
-        CATCH_ENFORCE( !isReservedTag(tag),
-                      "Tag name: [" << tag << "] is not allowed.\n"
-                      << "Tag names starting with non alpha-numeric characters are reserved\n"
-                      << _lineInfo );
+    namespace {
+        TestCaseInfo::SpecialProperties parseSpecialTag( std::string const& tag ) {
+            if( startsWith( tag, '.' ) ||
+                tag == "!hide" )
+                return TestCaseInfo::IsHidden;
+            else if( tag == "!throws" )
+                return TestCaseInfo::Throws;
+            else if( tag == "!shouldfail" )
+                return TestCaseInfo::ShouldFail;
+            else if( tag == "!mayfail" )
+                return TestCaseInfo::MayFail;
+            else if( tag == "!nonportable" )
+                return TestCaseInfo::NonPortable;
+            else if( tag == "!benchmark" )
+                return static_cast<TestCaseInfo::SpecialProperties>( TestCaseInfo::Benchmark | TestCaseInfo::IsHidden );
+            else
+                return TestCaseInfo::None;
+        }
+        bool isReservedTag( std::string const& tag ) {
+            return parseSpecialTag( tag ) == TestCaseInfo::None && tag.size() > 0 && !std::isalnum( static_cast<unsigned char>(tag[0]) );
+        }
+        void enforceNotReservedTag( std::string const& tag, SourceLineInfo const& _lineInfo ) {
+            CATCH_ENFORCE( !isReservedTag(tag),
+                          "Tag name: [" << tag << "] is not allowed.\n"
+                          << "Tag names starting with non alpha-numeric characters are reserved\n"
+                          << _lineInfo );
+        }
     }
 
     TestCase makeTestCase(  ITestInvoker* _testCase,
diff --git a/include/internal/catch_timer.cpp b/include/internal/catch_timer.cpp
index 12c04865..d52c0085 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_timer.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_timer.cpp
@@ -18,34 +18,36 @@ namespace Catch {
         return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>( std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now().time_since_epoch() ).count();
     }
 
-    inline auto estimateClockResolution() -> uint64_t {
-        uint64_t sum = 0;
-        static const uint64_t iterations = 1000000;
+    namespace {
+        auto estimateClockResolution() -> uint64_t {
+            uint64_t sum = 0;
+            static const uint64_t iterations = 1000000;
 
-        auto startTime = getCurrentNanosecondsSinceEpoch();
+            auto startTime = getCurrentNanosecondsSinceEpoch();
 
-        for( std::size_t i = 0; i < iterations; ++i ) {
+            for( std::size_t i = 0; i < iterations; ++i ) {
 
-            uint64_t ticks;
-            uint64_t baseTicks = getCurrentNanosecondsSinceEpoch();
-            do {
-                ticks = getCurrentNanosecondsSinceEpoch();
-            } while( ticks == baseTicks );
+                uint64_t ticks;
+                uint64_t baseTicks = getCurrentNanosecondsSinceEpoch();
+                do {
+                    ticks = getCurrentNanosecondsSinceEpoch();
+                } while( ticks == baseTicks );
 
-            auto delta = ticks - baseTicks;
-            sum += delta;
+                auto delta = ticks - baseTicks;
+                sum += delta;
 
-            // If we have been calibrating for over 3 seconds -- the clock
-            // is terrible and we should move on.
-            // TBD: How to signal that the measured resolution is probably wrong?
-            if (ticks > startTime + 3 * nanosecondsInSecond) {
-                return sum / i;
+                // If we have been calibrating for over 3 seconds -- the clock
+                // is terrible and we should move on.
+                // TBD: How to signal that the measured resolution is probably wrong?
+                if (ticks > startTime + 3 * nanosecondsInSecond) {
+                    return sum / i;
+                }
             }
-        }
 
-        // We're just taking the mean, here. To do better we could take the std. dev and exclude outliers
-        // - and potentially do more iterations if there's a high variance.
-        return sum/iterations;
+            // We're just taking the mean, here. To do better we could take the std. dev and exclude outliers
+            // - and potentially do more iterations if there's a high variance.
+            return sum/iterations;
+        }
     }
     auto getEstimatedClockResolution() -> uint64_t {
         static auto s_resolution = estimateClockResolution();